The Portuguese approach to e-safety in schools

Fernando Rui Campos (POR)

24 September 2013

Az iskolai internetbiztonság Portugáliában

VII. International Media Conference„The Effects of the Media on Children and Young People” 25 – 27 September 2013 Balatonalmádi, Hungary

MoE and the Portuguese Safer Internet Centre [SIC]

Awareness Centre

Help Line&

Hot Line

DGE ICT Competence Centre 2012/13

9 ICT Competence Centres

University of MinhoUniversity of Aveiro University of CoimbraUniversity of LisbonUniversity of Évora New University of Lisbon

Santarém Polytechnic InstituteSetúbal Polytechnic InstituteBatalha Secondary School

Institutions

[ICT in Education Unit]

Awareness sessions in

schools+

SID School activities

Curriculum Integration

Classroom Activities(SeguraNet Challenges) School

level(Esafety Label)

eSafety

eSafety in Portuguese schools

• Public and Private Schools

– Primary Schools [6-10 year olds]

– Lower & Upper Secondary Schools [11- 18 year olds]

• Parents• Teachers

Context – Target Groups

Teacher training, Police, youth institutions, Child protecion institutions, schools

Design and support of eSafety Challenges

Awareness sessions in schools (focus on teachers)

Safer Internet Day (Week)

Youth Panel

Iniciatives – SeguraNet project

http://www.seguranet.pt

• To promote critical thinking in the students

– Learning from mistakes

– Not only awareness but also learning by using school resources (teacher & classroom time, other resources)

Goals of eSafety Challenges

Challenge ActivitiesSecondary Schools

• Respond to Digital learning resources (including parents teams)

Primary Schools

• Video creation• Creation of Illustrations , etc., under

eSafety Challenges Challenges lower/upper

secondarySchool registration

Challenges primary school

Classroom registration

7 – Challenges for students

3 – Challenges for parents

3 – Challengesfor students

(208) Schools (1270) Teachers

(23484) Students (506) Parents

171 classrooms3702 students

School year 2012/13

Participation of the Autonomous Regions of Madeira and the Azores

Classroom activities & parents’ involvement

Content

Reusable resource - Creative Commons Licensing BY-SA

Web & analogical resources

Sexting - Example

11

Example of resources (Creative Commons)

• Schools (head teachers, Heads of Department)• Teachers

Target groups

•Web site•Posters•Small booklets

Media Types

http://www.seguranet.pt/creativecommons/

12

Target groupsStudents ; parents; teachers ; schools

Specialized esafety resources

Social Networks and Repositories

New platforms – iTunes U

Kids Platforms e.g. SAPO Kids

Safer Internet Day – specific support and activities for schools

Curriculum integration

Subject: Information and Communication Technology

2 consecutive years – 7th and 8th [13-15 years old]

Curriculum spiral approach

Subject assessment

Support and mapped resources related to curriculum indicators

Individual access to

the resources

Wireless and fixed connection to the web

Unified content and access filtering system

School level

Organizational level distinct virtual

NetworkeSafety/eSecurity

School Infrastructure

• To access information and support that helps schools anticipate and deal with incidents related to Internet security

• To provide guidance to schools in the area of Internet security comprehensively and that includes multiple domains.

• To show parents and other stakeholders in the educational community that Internet security is important for schools

Objectives

School eSafety Multidomain approach

eSafety Label is a European project that is managed by:

eSafety label School

1 year between answers to the evaluation questionnaire and a new Action Plan

Documental evidence

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Action Plan

Action Plan

Action PlanNo attribution of Label

Action Plan

Vality: 18 months

Gold

Global school eSafety for schools Evaluation indicators

http://www.esafetylabel.eu/

eSafety Label (Selo de Segurança Digital [POR])

Source: European Schoolnet

Resources

Physical resources

OnLine resources

Human Resources

ICT Competence

centre

ICT TeachersMoE

Child protection Institutions Educational

Autonomous Regions

Azores & Madeira

documents

Esafety games

videos

Educational games

Lesson plansHelp LineAlert Line

Preschool to Secondary teachers

Platforms Information Flyers

eSafety Resources Organization in schools

Guidelines

Police Forces

SeguraNet project

http://www.seguranet.pt

E-mail: seguranet@dge.mec.pt

Fernando Rui Campos fernando.campos@dge.mec.pt

Thank you

ICT in Education Unit [MoE]